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Wythenshawe Community Housing Group is currently recruiting for 2 full time (35 hours per week) Employability Keyworkers to work on the Motiv8 programme. Motiv8 is a programme that supports those furthest from the labour market. Funded by the DWP since 2023, it provides personalised support to help people with complex needs move towards employment. It is led by Jigsaw Support and delivered in partnership with Skylight, Starts With You, Wythenshawe Community Housing Group, ForHousing, and Shelter.

As an Employability Keyworker, you will provide and co-ordinate tailored support packages to improve people’s health and wellbeing, self-confidence and esteem, to understand their strengths and aspirations and advance their journey towards – and into – training, job search and employment.

You will involve relevant agencies within the partnership and wider community, matched to the participant’s needs, through a unique and flexible delivery approach.

You will be working with people aged 18 and over that have multiple complex needs. Presenting barriers could include entrenched worklessness, combined with living in a jobless household, debt, mental health issues, homelessness, history of offending, disabilities and other health issues including drug and alcohol addiction.

You will offer 1 to 1 support for a minimum of six months removing barriers for people to move forward and support them move into a positive destination of training, job search or employment. Delivery will be across the ten local authorities in Greater Manchester.

This is fixed term position to 9th April 2025. This post is subject to an enhanced & adults barred DBS check.

Please see the job description and person specification for further information.

Closing date: 24th March 2024

Interview date: Tuesday 2nd April 2024

 

As an Investors in People Health & Wellbeing recognised employer we offer a wide range of benefits such as;

1. • 25 days Annual Leave, rising to 30 with length of service and subject to approval the option to buy and sell additional annual leave*
   • Enhanced leave options for Maternity, Paternity, Adoption & Shared Parental Leave*
   • Enhanced Pension scheme contributions
   • Our Health Care Plan gives you money back for dental, optical, therapy costs and more
   • Subsidised Healthy Living benefits i.e. gym membership or yoga classes
   • Subsidised Leisure Learning benefits i.e. finance towards driving lessons or learning a new language
   • Car Lease Scheme, Cycle to Work scheme*
   • Volunteering days in the local community
   • We offer a Salary Sacrifice Pension option*

*Subject to eligibility criteria

for more information and to view our person specification and job description visit our website: Employability Keyworker (current-vacancies.com)

 

About Us

 

Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG) manages almost 14,000 properties, providing homes for more than 29,000 people in Wythenshawe, South Manchester.

 

We are committed to investing in the health, wellbeing and development of colleagues, who we will reward fairly and empower and trust to deliver their best work for the benefit of WCHG, our customers and stakeholders. WCHG is an inclusive employer of choice where differences are recognised as strengths in delivering our purpose. A disability confident employer WCHG will work to make reasonable adjustments where possible throughout its employment processes.

 

Our purpose is to provide good quality homes and services to our customers and leaseholders and to play a leading role in creating safer, healthier communities. WCHG boasts an impressive development portfolio which aims to deliver on average 1,100 new homes over the next five years with £195m estimated investment, leaving a lasting legacy in our communities.